Basileios of Lesbosian Peasant Revolt

Basileios (22 June 746-1 November 771) was the leader of a failed peasant revolt against the Byzantine Empire on the island of Lesbos. A former soldier, he fell out with the government and rallied the populace of Lesbos against Count Polykarpos of Lesbos, leading them into all-out rebellion. Unfortunately for him, veteran Byzantine troops returning from the front against the Addauid Emirate in Cilicia arrived and crushed his revolt. Basileios was imprisoned, and he was executed on 1 November 771.